April 27, 2006

The full list of elected electors...

This entry includes a list of the 396 people elected as Democrat precinct committeepeople in the 17th Congressional District in the March 21 primary election, arranged alphabetically by county.

In the selection of a nominee to replace Lane Evans on the Democrat ballot in the general election, each of these 396 will cast a number of ballots equal to the Democrat turnout in their precinct March 21.

The district has 721 precincts, but only 396 were filled in the primary election. The remaining 325 are vacant unless the party chairman in their county has since appointed someone to fill the position.

The list was supplied by 17th District Committeeman Don Johnston. It does not include any appointed committeepeople.

Mr. Johnston contends state election law provides that only elected committeepeople get to vote on Evans' replacement; others suggest that those appointed after the the election also are entitled to vote.

Telephone numbers have been included when available. The precinct names have been included in most cases; they're missing for Knox County, an appear as computer numbers for Macon and Christian counties.

Following the list are links to stories about each candidate that appeared in the D/A after editorial board sessions conducted over the past two weeks.